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Today is World Cancer Day
February 4th marks World Cancer Day, a global initiative led by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC), joining together people, charities, organisations and communities to improve general understanding of the different types of cancer and the treatments...
Our December newsletter is here!
In our latest update, we invite you to join us in remembering loved ones this Christmas by downloading our bauble, as well as announcing our research grant recipient and our exciting partnership with West Lancs & Merseyside Myeloma Support Group. Our Charity...
Jacob’s click and collect charity cake sale
At the age of six, Jacob Haygarth started selling delicious homemade cakes at the end of his drive in the village of Tebay in Cumbria to raise money for Leukaemia & Myeloma Research UK. Now two years later, eight-year-old Jacob has adapted his family bake sale to...
Celebrating World Cord Blood Day 2020
We’re proud to be an Official Participant of World Cord Blood Day 2020 taking place today, 17th November. This year’s conference will be held virtually joining together experts from around the world to educate attendees on the current uses of cord blood stem cells,...
Take on the BIG FIVE to support Leukaemia & Myeloma Research UK
This year, our charity is celebrating its five-year anniversary! Leukaemia & Myeloma Research UK was founded in 2015 with a key focus on specialising in using stem cell therapies as a more effective treatment to fight blood cancer. Since launching, we’ve been...
Our latest newsletter is here!
In our latest newsletter, we highlight blood cancer statistics to help raise awareness of the signs and symptoms following national Blood Cancer Awareness Month, as well as sharing our new fundraising guide bursting with ideas. Read our talk with Dr Rhys Morgan about...
Dr Rhys Morgan appointed to Leukaemia & Myeloma Research UK’s Research Review Committee
Dr Rhys Morgan, a researcher and lecturer in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Sussex, joins Leukaemia & Myeloma Research UK’s specialist Research Review Committee (RRC). The Committee is made up of scientists appointed by the Board of Trustees to assess...
Shantelle’s Blood Cancer Fundraising Mission
Shantelle Taylor, a 30-year-old Solicitor in Manchester, is on a mission to raise money and increase vital awareness of blood cancer in memory of her Grandad, Derek Wilde who passed away aged 77 from Acute Myeloid Leukaemia in July 2015. Here is Shantelle’s...
Britain’s oldest married couple celebrate their oak wedding anniversary with a donation to LMRUK
This summer Nancy and Eric Kingston celebrated their 80th wedding anniversary in their village of Blackford in Somerset, making them Britain’s longest surviving married couple. Nancy, who turns 100 in October, and Eric, who recently turned 99, first met in 1937 on a...
Our Charity Ambassador, Winter Olympian Zoe Gillings-Brier, shares her reasons for storing her children’s cord blood stem cells
Four-time Winter Olympian and Team GB Olympic snowboard cross athlete (SBX), Zoe Gillings-Brier, has partnered with Leukaemia & Myeloma Research UK (LMRUK) as an official charity ambassador. Zoe is not only one of Team GB’s most successful SBX athletes of all...
